12 Bible Verses about Destruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

Then the Chaldeans burned God’s temple. They tore down Jerusalem’s wall, burned down all its palaces, and destroyed all its valuable articles.

They said to me, “The remnant in the province, who survived the exile, are in great trouble and disgrace. Jerusalem’s wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned down.”

King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down 200 yards of Jerusalem’s wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

The whole Chaldean army with the commander of the guards tore down the walls surrounding Jerusalem.

The Chaldeans next burned down the king’s palace and the people’s houses and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

The whole Chaldean army with the commander of the guards tore down all the walls surrounding Jerusalem.

In the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, on the ninth day of the month, the city was broken into.

You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the city of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

ז ZayinThe Lord has rejected His altar,
repudiated His sanctuary;
He has handed the walls of her palaces
over to the enemy.
They have raised a shout in the house of the Lord
as on the day of an appointed festival.

ח KhetThe Lord determined to destroy
the wall of Daughter Zion.
He stretched out a measuring line
and did not restrain Himself from destroying.
He made the ramparts and walls grieve;
together they waste away.

Why have You broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

You have broken down all his walls;
You have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.